Critical Thinking

Question 1

The process in who an analyst improved their thinking quality by applying scientific elements of reasoning and logic

Answer 1

Critical Thinking

Question 2

What is bias?

Answer 2

An unconscious believe that conditions, governs, and compels our behavior.

Question 3

What occurs when you attribute your intentions, actions, or reactions to another person or thing without considering their unique cultural background?

Answer 3

Cultural Bias

Question 4

When does Organizational Bias occur?

Answer 4

When analysis is affected by the specific goal or preconceived ideas of an organization

Question 5

What is an unconscious believe which influences the act of knowing or making a judgment call?

Answer 5

Cognitive bias

Question 6

What is a consolidation of all of our biases, beliefs, and some knowledge about a particular subject?

Answer 6

Mindset

Question 7

What is stereotyping?

Answer 7

A form of patterning by perceiving a similarity between events or things because of superficial features.

Question 8

To reason is to______.

Answer 8

Calculate or think by forming a new statement based on statements already known or discovered, or to infer based on the evidence.

Question 9

What is deductive reasoning?

Answer 9

Concluding something is true based on a general rule

Question 10

What is inductive reasoning?

Answer 10

Concluding something is true through logical conclusions based on facts

Question 11

What is abductive reasoning?

Answer 11

Concluding something is true by testing hypothesis with evidence

Question 12

_____is a systematic application of reason to a particular branch of knowledge, in this case, the study of reasoning.

Answer 12

Logic

Question 13

Deductive reasoning is concluding something is ________ true.

Answer 13

Necessarily

Question 14

Inductive reasoning is concluding something is _____ true.

Answer 14

Probably

Question 15

Abductive reasoning involves the act of _____ to conclude something is possibly true.

Answer 15

Testing

Question 16

When one is applying reason to any branch of knowledge, they are using _______?

Answer 16

Logic

Question 17

What are the three types of questions?

Answer 17

Questions of Fact
Questions of Preference
Questions of Judgment

Question 18

What type of question requires little to no reasoning?

Answer 18

Questions of Fact

Question 19

Which questions are usually answered with yes or no followed by the reasoning. They are usually used for background reports.

Answer 19

Questions of Preference

Question 20

When analysts are faced with _________ they give their answers in the form of analytical comments, written assessments, or Intel estimates

Answer 20

Questions of Judgment

Question 21

Perspective is a_____.

Answer 21

Mental point of view of a particular subject or its parts.

Question 22

_________ are unstated reasons or theories, which are essential in arriving at a conclusion.

Answer 22

Assumptions

Question 23

What is an intellectual act by which we conclude something is true based on something else being true, or seeming to be true?

Answer 23

Inference

Question 24

What are concepts?

Answer 24

Clusters of ideas that are the result of abstract thinking

Question 25

______ are the logical relationship between two propositions in which, if the first is true the second is true.

Answer 25

Implications

Question 26

What helps to define tasks, express problems, and delineate boundaries during analysis?

Answer 26

Questions

Question 27

_____ applies to each element of reasoning in order to test hypotheses for truth and correctness.

Answer 27

Accuracy

Question 28

__________Refers to how broad or narrow of a perspective the analyst may have when solving a problem

Answer 28

Breadth

Question 29

What does depth involve?

Answer 29

Comprehending the potential complexities of a problem

Question 30

_____ weighs the relevance of the information as it applies to the decision-makers circumstances.

Answer 30

Significance